April Math Workshop

April Math Workshop     

In the month of April, Kindergarten teachers and students will continue and complete Module 4 of the Engage NY Math Curriculum. Having composed and decomposed numbers within 8 to learn addition, students will now use similar methods to decompose numbers within 10 to learn subtraction! The lessons focus on students acting out the problem, crossing out objects in a set, and breaking and hiding parts, to construct number bonds and number sentences. It is essential that students build deep understanding and skill with identifying the number pairs of 6 through 10 because this is foundational to Grade 1’s fluency with sums and differences within 10.

Here are some terms, phrases, and strategies used in this Module:

• Use objects and drawings to find how many are left
• Represent subtraction story problems using objects, drawings, expressions, and equations
• Decompose numbers 6-8 using 5-group drawings and crossing off a part, and record each decomposition with a drawing and subtraction equation
• Model decompositions of 6-10 using a story situation, objects, and number bonds

Here are some new vocabulary words that will be introduced during this unit:

• Make 10 (combine two numbers from 1 to 9 that add up to 10)
• Minus (-)
• Subtraction (specifically using take from with result unknown)
• Take away (subtract)

How you can help at home:

• Have students draw their own story situations and share them with you! (i.e. The cat had 6 mice (student draws 6 mice), 3 went away (crosses out 3). How many mice are left?)
• Practice addition during household chores! (i.e. While setting the table: We have 2 plates on the table, we need 1 more. How many plates do we have all together?)
• Work on counting to 100 by 1s (i.e. 1, 2, ,3...), 5s (i.e. 5, 10, 15...) and 10s (i.e. 10, 20, 30...)

March Read - Alouds

March Read Alouds

"Butterflies in stomach"

helpful/supportive

helpful/supportive/comforted

"Down in the dumps"

How To's

Easter

March Math Workshop

March Math Workshop     

In the month of March, Kindergarten teachers and students will begin Module 4 of the Engage NY Math Curriculum. Module 4 marks the next exciting step in math for kindergarteners – addition! Students will use their knowledge of numbers to decompose (taking apart a number to make 2 parts: 5 is the same as 3 and 2) and compose (putting together 2 parts to make a whole: 2 and 3 makes 5) numbers to 8.

Here are some terms, phrases, and strategies used in this Module:

Represent addition with objects, fingers, mental images, drawings, and acting out situations.

Decompose numbers less than or equal to 10 into pairs in more than one way by using objects or drawings (e.g. 5 = 2 + 3 and 5 = 4 + 1)

For any number from 1 to 5, find the number that makes 5 when added to that given number by using objects or drawings (e.g. 3 needs 2 more to make 5, 1 needs 4 more to make 5)

Here are some new vocabulary words that will be introduced in this Module:

Put together (add)

Take apart (decompose)

Whole (total) 

 

How you can help at home:

Use household items to make up your own story using numbers 3 to 8 (e.g. 2 bears went walking, 2 more bears came, now there are 4 bears)

Count by 10s to 100, count by 1s to 50!

March Reader's Workshop

March Kindergarten Reader’s Workshop

Reading and Thinking in Levels D-G

Our goal in this reading unit is to determine importance and retell independently.  The skills we will be teaching include the following:

·    Naming the main character’s problem by stating: “__________ wants/doesn’t want _____________” or “____________ is upset about _____________.”

·    Name how the character feels about the problem.

·    Track ways the main character solves the problem (asks for help, looks for something).

·    Naming the solutions by stating what happened at the end and how the character feels at the end.  Tell why they feel that way. 

Writer's Workshop - All About Books

All About Books

March 7 - April 8

• The purpose of this unit is to help our students see that they are experts about Topics and that they can share their knowledge with other through writing.
• The students will create all about books that teach the reader about a topic that they are experts in.
• As the students write they will continue to learn about spacing.
• The students will continue to use sight words in their writing.
• They will continue to use their letter/sound knowledge to spell unknown words.
• The students will reread their writing and use elaboration.